It is difficult not to laugh when I saw the full-page ad in The Leader from the City of Surrey (March 12).
Near the top of the page I see “improving roads and fighting congestion.” Then I see “widening of major roads.”
All this sounds great until I know that the City of Surrey’s plans for 104 Avenue is to remove one traffic lane in each direction to make room for the streetcar system it wants to use.
So now we would have the only major Surrey road which connects directly to the TransCanada highway, plus is a major feeder for the Port Mann Bridge, as well as easy access to Guildford Town Centre, turned into a one-lane cow path.
Beautiful thinking. And how about some honest advertising?
I also read that it would take seven years for the streetcars to start running. Are you kidding me? Seven years to install some streetcar tracks from King George Boulevard to 152 Street. Wow. Must be a union job.
Really smart idea, Surrey mayor and council. I really hope that there is at least one person on council with enough grey matter to talk some common sense into the mayor and the rest of her gang. I certainly am voting no.
Derek Coughtrey
Surrey
